[joshka]

I suspect that contract / tort law would cover this situation already in many jurisdictions. There's a contract to hire the OP and I'm guessing that contract didn't have language about rescinding the contract (my Amazon contract did not), only about being an employmee-at-will. Such a clause would probably allow an employer to fire the person once they are hired, but likely wouldn't let them get out of a contract to hire the person first. If I were the OP I would talk to a lawyer and get them to negotiate payment of all actual damages rather than the 1 month pay offer on the basis that this is possibly either fraud or breach of contract. I am not a lawyer, but I LARP as one sometimes.